Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-11
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 In ifs issue of Msy 3 the London Chamber of Commerce. Journal says arbs fsst that trade follows the flag has he5n proved to sAtie'y m these c5lguus." The same phrase could be ,-ltbfully used by the National Eepubh- csn as it hss shown sEsln snd yet again ths. trade follows the flag.
 Trade followed tde tlG when the Stars and Stripes were displayed at the mast head or the best sa.p5 .a :le world, and Ros.aI in the breszss Of every ocean The same class of statesmen, who have parmittei our flag tJ be driven from the cc-sn. comrlsiu ina: We have DO foreign .rsia 5.csus- ct tLe laws which have usleu- great manufacturing nation, vbss l. IS tls result of their own stupidi- FO- criminal negligence,
 England pays for ocean mail service 10 Br.I.h steamers annually S3.5O0,000. ths Uai;ei States paid last year fos f5.sis1 mail service SS27.335,1S. less than 04e-;rnth what England pad, and otilst sum S27S,7l7 fl went to foreign. Isay.as only s4S6l7.77 paid to American vessels, his IS less than one seyentieth oi the sum paid by England.
 Brazl pays the United States and Brazil Steamship Company 100000 mil Iels annually (sbout sSS, ,OOO) for mail seryics. The United States offers about SjO.J. 1T it were not not for the Brazil contract there would be no American l.le t9 Brazi! ID existence. The Arger- the B public offers SlO0.000 annually to sa American steam line for carrying the uaLs. she United States offers about S8,yl a consequence of our couutry's failure b do her part, Gn American line b the Argentine Republic cannot be es- ebIIshad.
 The Dry Goods Chronicle (N. T. says: Why Is it that whenever it is proposed t0 pay American steamships fair price fer carving the mails to foreign coun- trias that q howl of ''subsidy" Is raised. and It is claimed that the compensation should be limited to the amount of the postage earned on that particular route? Stage coaches, railroads and steGm- boats E!thin the United States are all paid sc.ording to the cost and worth of the srrY.es rendered jn carrying the malls, aud on no less than one quarter oi sll the mail routes in the Unl'ed Stata= d les the postage equal the amount pad by the government for mall ser yIc,,
 Steam sbd electricity have extended the boundaries of trade to other coun- trie-. just as they did from one state to another ID our country. The field, now. i- the world" Oar manufacturers need to enlarge the,r market, and they can not ,1 this without regular. frequent Snd r-il mall communication. The c1mm-rcs pf countries, which from con iigu,t- and sympathy, would naturally trade with u-. Is turned elsewhere to competitors whose governments recog' ulZs that trade follows lines of cOmmun- lcg.,ou. and are shrewd enough to pay 6 price fur carrying ihe mails, which en- c7ur6g, the establishment uf such Ines.
 Iue answer to the first question Is an el-y ouc. Some ot the American law uGke-s are airaid to do what Is right, and some Ci them have not sense enough b understand the subject, while others coUer st the cry of subsidy" like a sfaalei before hls masters lash.
 To ss- the shameful condition of our shipping interest it Is oaly necessary to Tesi tLe postofIice notices of the tran niss,on of foreign mails. The post o,asa aiyertIsement of steamers depart Ing Saturday. May 21, from New York cliy. Iuyeying United States malls 10 foreign ports. is as follows: Fulda, Kiel. Atlas. Island, Thames. Servia, DevRnla, hdem, B-lgenland. La Bretsgne, Angus the, GermaIlc, Barracouta, Andes Trinidad, WIeland, Anglian aud k! Oal.aol al foreign steamers; only two American steamers for foreign ports. F.z' Newport aud Carrcas, to Panama and Ytuezuela.
 There may be brighter day for American shipping, for the press IS gen efs.ly awakening to the sbsurdIty of inc s!stem of doing every thing for the ad- Fancement of interstate communication snd nothing to secure foreign commerce. When lt IS fully aroused, congress will lo.oT is National Republican.